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developing countries regarding depression and its association with HIV (5). Additional, mental health care in developing countries is very lacking. According to a table compiled by the World Health Organization, many low-income countries such as Burundi and Ethiopia only have one or two mental health professionals per 100000 people (2). The reason for this lack of emphasis in mental health care is a pervasive…

Only a few years ago, the idea of preserving education as a central part of all humanitarian efforts was but an afterthought in the minds of aid workers. Nicolai and Triplehorn (2003) state that it was the 1990 's when this crucial truth that education is the right of every child finally germinated and became the soul of humanitarian aid. This demonstrates the high degree of significance and worth that humanitarian aid organizations now place on continuing education in war-ravaged societies…

incentive to protect Rwandan citizens. In fact, before the conflict began, the African Affairs Bureau requested that Rwanda be added to a list of potentially troubled areas and was denied. A Pentagon staff member replied, “if something happens in Rwanda-Burundi, we don’t care. Take it off the list. U.S. national interest is not involved…” (Power 342). Even more than having no motive to intervene, U.S. political leaders had deliberate reason to remain neutral in the conflict. Intervention in the…

The United States was one of five countries that places the complete responsibility of getting registered on the individual (the other four are Bahamas, Belize, Burundi, and Mexico) (Rosenberg). What most other countries have a combination of communication between departments to keep up with voter data (e.g. the equivalent of Health and Human Services) and voter registration campaigns in public schools. The state…

Kenya in east, South Sudan in north, Democratic Republic of Congo in west, Rwanda in south west and Tanzania in South. It is the country with the largest number of refugees second to Turkey in the whole world from South Sudan, Congo, Somalia and Burundi passing through Rwanda. Uganda is commonly referred to as “The pearl of Africa” because of its climate. “ Tropical climate ” and beautiful scenery comparing of…

Running the Rift focuses on an adolescent who matures in the frightening Rwandan society that tears itself apart.. Benaron wrote the book to retell the genocide and bases much of her novel on her own travels in Rwanda. The Rwandan Genocide officially began in 1994, but decades prior to the Tutsi slaughter, racial violence ravaged the Rwandan Hutus and Tutsis. Historyrocket describes Rwanda before the year 1900 when both races lived in Rwanda for centuries before European imperialists set foot in…

activities, new foods and customs. In this video “Culture Shock” many real life examples are shown of situations where refugees are experiencing cultural differences. The first cultural difference identified is from Egide Aj Sabimana who comes from Burundi. He shows that he has never experienced watching television due to having no electricity in his home environment; which results in Egide having no knowledge of how to use the equipment. This could lead to refugees feeling confused and…

believe that a monolingual world would mean peace and less misunderstandings. Crystal argues that this view is quite wrong if we take into account that many monolingual countries have had their share of civil wars, such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Rwanda and Burundi. As Crystal stated in his interview to New Routes, “If people want to kill each other they’ll do so regardless of the number of languages they speak”. Peace is not possible through a unique world language but through mutual…

Same sex marriage Human beings fall in love with each other and get connected such that the loved ones become part of them. Some are attracted to people of the same sex while others are attracted to the opposite sex. It is this love that leads some to marriages and/or long time relationships. However, not everywhere in the world that same sex is allowed. This makes marriage to same sex difficult and sometimes impossible for people who fall in love but happen to live in a country where same sex…

Introduction The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has often been condemned for its method of handling humanitarian issues. The UNSC has been criticized for being “indisputably out of date and for being able to effectively address humanitarian issues by not intervene in time to prevent crimes against humanity.” Such occurrence was the Rwandan crisis where millions of people were massacred between the years of 1990 and 1994. Following the Nuremberg trial, the Rwandan Genocide transpired…